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• DrawbarFlats Posts: 788 Senior Member

  September 2020 edited September 2020 #2

  I have a few for the field and my favorites are a Swedish Kalthoff and a Benchmade Worksharp. Both are great for knives. The Kalthoff is also a good sharpener for small hatchets that aren't too dull. The Benchmade has two grits, one on each side, including a ceramic for finishing touches. It also has a groove for fish hooks. It's very sturdy and decent quality. I also have a Duluth hatchet puck but haven't used it yet. Seems to be good quality.

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• GunNut Posts: 7,642 Senior Member

  September 2020 #3

  WorkSharp and different grades of ceramic rods down to ultra fine take care of everything that need sharpening.

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• Linefinder Posts: 7,856 Senior Member

  September 2020 #4

  GunNut said:

  WorkSharp and different grades of ceramic rods down to ultra fine take care of everything that need sharpening.

  This. 
  
  Mike

  "Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
  N454casull
  

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• Japhy Posts: 581 Senior Member

  September 2020 #5

  After some research I ordered a DMT 3 stone kit for $99 free shipping. They are 6” x 2” corse medium and fine diamond stones (diamond embedded nickel)

  Should be here soon then I will fab a jig for the bench. Same source has a 4 stone kit for $120 that includes an extra course stone

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• Elk creek Posts: 7,935 Senior Member

  September 2020 #6

  On this line I’ve recently discovered a great way to polish something that need to stay flat. Get a piece of marble countertop. Then a jar of mother’s rim polish. Apply the Mothers on the marble and get to it! 

  Aim higher, or get a bigger gun.

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• GunNut Posts: 7,642 Senior Member

  September 2020 #7

  Elk creek said:

  On this line I’ve recently discovered a great way to polish something that need to stay flat. Get a piece of marble countertop. Then a jar of mother’s rim polish. Apply the Mothers on the marble and get to it! 

  Thanks for that tip.  I ordered a jar as soon as I got off the phone with you.  Should be a great way to work on triggers 😁

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• Elk creek Posts: 7,935 Senior Member

  September 2020 #8

  GunNut said:

  Elk creek said:

  On this line I’ve recently discovered a great way to polish something that need to stay flat. Get a piece of marble countertop. Then a jar of mother’s rim polish. Apply the Mothers on the marble and get to it! 

  Thanks for that tip.  I ordered a jar as soon as I got off the phone with you.  Should be a great way to work on triggers 😁

  Works great!

  Aim higher, or get a bigger gun.

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• earlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member

  September 2020 #9

  This ones is sharp as I could get it.
  
    
  

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• Jayhawker Posts: 18,363 Senior Member

  September 2020 #10

  earlyagain said:

  This ones is sharp as I could get it.
  
    
  

  That's a beautiful spear point...

  Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"

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• Linefinder Posts: 7,856 Senior Member

  September 2020 #11

  When I was a kid I lived beside an old abandoned soy bean field. At some point in the distant past, it must have been the site of a Native American village. Anytime it rained, I'd go search the old rows because the rain usually uncovered a flint arrowhead or two.  Some days you'd come back empty handed, but one day I found four. 
  
  And they could be unbeliveably sharp. Probably the first time in my life I actually needed stitches was pulling one out of the mud bare handed. But, my Dad, being a sheet-metal worker, firmly believed that  all cuts, shy of spurting blood with each heartbeat, were well taken care of with gauze and duct tape. It's still a hell of a scar.
  
  Much like the one from when I fell on a broken Coke bottle.
  
  Mike

  "Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
  N454casull
  

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• earlyagain Posts: 7,928 Senior Member

  September 2020 #12

  I think the spear point is modern. Made for tourists to purchase. It has a couple sharp edges, but not like real ones.

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